Led Astray

[bjarvis]

I was going to visit an insurance broker today to see if I could get a better deal on our home insurance and car insurance.

Checking with Google Maps, the office was situated at Veirs Mill Road and Twinbrook Parkway, on the border between Rockville and Wheaton, MD.

Um, no.

Upon driving there and checking the local house addresses, then working my way south-east, I eventually found the broker's office several miles away at Veirs Mill Road and Georgia Avenue.

While MapQuest has routinely tried to send me the wrong way up one-way streets, through median strips, across non-existent bridges and more, this is the first time Google Maps misdirected me so badly. Harrumph.

And the broker's office was closed anyway. Double harrumph.

Comments

[bjarvis.livejournal.com]

I don't own or especially trust a GPS unit. Until now, I had a somewhat higher degree of comfort that Google Maps via a web browser from home would at least show me an accurate location even if it was not especially trustworthy on selecting the best route there.

[pklexton.livejournal.com]

I'm guessing your situation could have involved a problem with the street numbering. As I recall that was somewhat irregular on some of those major through arteries in those Maryland burbs, but what do I know.

Happy New Year Brian!